<p>Heavy rainfall that lashed across Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday receded on Friday. However, the sky remained overcast throughout the day. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The district received an average of 4.5 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours. This includes Puttur—92.1 mm, Sullia—56.4 mm, Belthangady—32.9 mm, Mangalore—25.7 mm, and Bantwal—5.5 mm. <br /><br />Water-level in Netravathi river at Bantwal stood at 6.7 metres as against danger mark of 8.5 metre. <br /><br />The district has received an average of 1756.4 mm rainfal since January this year. Last year, during the same period, the district had received 991.3 mm rainfall. <br /><br />However, damages due to rainfall continued on Friday too. The movement of vehicles on Jodupala near Sampaje was disrupted when a compound wall collapsed on the road. Soil has caved in on a road at Narnakaje. A lorry turned turtle at Kakkebettu on Sullia-Ubaradka road and disrupted the movement of vehicles for three hours. <br /><br />On the other hand water-level in Kumradhara river and Nethravathi at Uppinangady has subsided. The water-level in Kumaradhara stood at 24 metres as against the dangerous level of 29.5 metres. <br /><br />Four jeeps and four two -wheelers parked at a garage were damaged when a retaining wall collapsed on the garage at Nattibail in Uppinangady. <br /><br />A house was partially collapsed at Kulkunda colony in Subramanya gram panchayat on Friday morning. <br /><br />A bamboo tree uprooted and fell on the TV room of the gram panchayat at Devaragadde in Subramanya. As a result, the roof of the room has been damaged. The bamboo tree also damaged two electric poles, thus disrupting supply of electricity. <br /><br />With catchment area receiving copious rainfall, Kumaradhara bridge leading to Subramanya was inundated from Thursday night till Friday morning. With the recede in water-level, the bridge was open for traffic on Friday. However, there was drastic decline in number of devotees visiting the temple town of Subramanya on Friday. <br /><br />Water-level in river Nethravathi had reached to the maximum level at Bantwal on Thursday after 16 years. More than 25 houses have been completely damaged in the rainfall. <br /><br />Residents of Baddakatte, Bhandarybettu, Basthipadpu, Jakribettu, Kanchikarapete, Jainarapete, Panemangalur, Aladka, Barimaru, Kadeshwalya, Shanthiagngadi, Nandarabetta were shifted to safer place on Thursday. With the recede in water-level, the residents have moved back to their dwellings and were engaged in cleaning their houses on Friday. <br /></p>
<p>Heavy rainfall that lashed across Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday receded on Friday. However, the sky remained overcast throughout the day. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The district received an average of 4.5 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours. This includes Puttur—92.1 mm, Sullia—56.4 mm, Belthangady—32.9 mm, Mangalore—25.7 mm, and Bantwal—5.5 mm. <br /><br />Water-level in Netravathi river at Bantwal stood at 6.7 metres as against danger mark of 8.5 metre. <br /><br />The district has received an average of 1756.4 mm rainfal since January this year. Last year, during the same period, the district had received 991.3 mm rainfall. <br /><br />However, damages due to rainfall continued on Friday too. The movement of vehicles on Jodupala near Sampaje was disrupted when a compound wall collapsed on the road. Soil has caved in on a road at Narnakaje. A lorry turned turtle at Kakkebettu on Sullia-Ubaradka road and disrupted the movement of vehicles for three hours. <br /><br />On the other hand water-level in Kumradhara river and Nethravathi at Uppinangady has subsided. The water-level in Kumaradhara stood at 24 metres as against the dangerous level of 29.5 metres. <br /><br />Four jeeps and four two -wheelers parked at a garage were damaged when a retaining wall collapsed on the garage at Nattibail in Uppinangady. <br /><br />A house was partially collapsed at Kulkunda colony in Subramanya gram panchayat on Friday morning. <br /><br />A bamboo tree uprooted and fell on the TV room of the gram panchayat at Devaragadde in Subramanya. As a result, the roof of the room has been damaged. The bamboo tree also damaged two electric poles, thus disrupting supply of electricity. <br /><br />With catchment area receiving copious rainfall, Kumaradhara bridge leading to Subramanya was inundated from Thursday night till Friday morning. With the recede in water-level, the bridge was open for traffic on Friday. However, there was drastic decline in number of devotees visiting the temple town of Subramanya on Friday. <br /><br />Water-level in river Nethravathi had reached to the maximum level at Bantwal on Thursday after 16 years. More than 25 houses have been completely damaged in the rainfall. <br /><br />Residents of Baddakatte, Bhandarybettu, Basthipadpu, Jakribettu, Kanchikarapete, Jainarapete, Panemangalur, Aladka, Barimaru, Kadeshwalya, Shanthiagngadi, Nandarabetta were shifted to safer place on Thursday. With the recede in water-level, the residents have moved back to their dwellings and were engaged in cleaning their houses on Friday. <br /></p>
